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A57687	Paedobaptismus vindicatus, or, Infant-baptism stated in an essay to evidence its lawfulness from the testimony of the Holy Scripture, especially St. Matthew, XXVIII, 19 : the grand, if not sole place, so much insisted on by the antipaedobaptists, to prove their mistaken principle : handled in a different method form other tracts on the subject, as appears in the contents : with an account of a conference publickly held with an antipaedobaptist of no small fame / by J.R., A.M., a Presbyter of te Church of England.	Rothwell, John, d. 1661.	1693 (1693)	Wing R2005; ESTC R6073	107,326	230

of its being administred to Infants never once questioned the Unlawfulness of it never urged it is a plain Case that those Times had no such Thoughts of Infant-Baptism as the Antipaedobaptists in our Days entertain For had they thought Baptizing Infants unlawful for want of an Holy Scripture Command or Example when any Persons had been exhorted to an early Baptizing their Children how easie an Answer had been at hand The Holy Jesus never commanded such a thing as Infant-Baptism the Blessed Apostles never practised such a thing as the Baptizing Infants There is neither Precept nor Example in Holy Scripture and therefore it is unlawful and we dare not do it But in regard there is in all those times not the least appearance of any such Objection or of any such Plea pretended for the delay it is evident they thought there was either Precept or Example in Holy Scripture or both or else that the want of either or both did not make it unlawful and so did not delay it on the Account of the Unlawfulness thereof And so all our Antipaedobaptists boasting of Antiquity for the Baptizing only Adult Believing Persons and against the Baptizing Believers Infant-Children affords them little Boast there is not the least strength added to their Cause nor weakness brought on ours I heartily wish those ignorant People that are deluded and cozened with the great Noise and gay Shew of Antiquity to take notice hereof that they be no longer deceived and imposed And now this grand prejudice is as I hope fully removed and all Objections I can imagine any way considerable have been endeavoured to be rationally and clearly answered in the following Book I shall now heartily desire my Readers to join with me in the pious and devout Suffrage of our excellent Liturgy in the Office of the Litany That i● may please thee to bring into the way of Truth all such as have erred and are deceived We beseech thee to hear us Good Lord. And now as I begun this large Preface with some of the Sens of a Learned Bishop of our Church in some of his Prefaces to his Books so I will conclude this large Account not only with some of the Sens but in the Words of the same Reverend Bishop I mean the Lord-Bishop of Ely In short then to shut up all if it had not been to fill up some vacant Pages and to be just to the performance of the Promise I made in the Title-Page of giving a Relation so far as my Memory would serve of a Conference publicly held with an Antipaedobaptist of no small Fame I had made almost as short a Preface as those Words of the Son of Syrach according to which I expect the Success of my Labour Ecclus XXI 15. If a skilful Mad hear a wise Word he will commend it and add to it But as soon as one of no Vnderstanding heareth it it displeaseth him and he casteth it behind his Back Examine all things and judge righteous Judgment July 26. 1692. A TABLE OF THE CONTENTS CHAP. I. AN Introduction unto the Subject discoursed upon Pag. 1 CHAP. II. Some Rational Arguments offered for Infant-Baptism Pag. 2 CHAP. III. The tru Sens of the Holy Jesus 's Commission unto his Blessed Disciples for the Administration of Baptism recorded St. Matth XXVIII 19. maketh for the Baptizing of Infants Pag. 4 CHAP. IV. An Exposition whereby the Sens delivered of St. Matth. XXVIII 19. is farther cleared Pag. 12 CHAP. V. The Exposition for clearing the Sens of St. Matth. XXVIII 19. farther enlarged Pag. 26 CHAP. VI. The Sens of St. Matth. XXVIII 19. proved by the Coherance and Connexion of the Words Pag. 38 CHAP. VII The Sens of St. Matth. XXVIII 19. farther evidenced from the Original Pag. 40 CHAP. VIII The Sens of St. Matth. XXVIII 19. confirmed by an Exposition of Acts II. 39. in general Pag. 48 CHAP. IX A farther Confirmation by a particular Exposition of Acts II. 39. Pag. 53 CHAP. X. The Sens of St. Matth. XXVIII 19. strengthened by an Exposition of 1 Cor. VII 14. Pag. 57 CHAP. XI Some General Observations upon the Sens and Expositions given Pag. 62 CHAP. XII A defence of the Expositions delivered from Jewish Customs Pag. 68 CHAP. XIII Authorities of the Ancient Fathers to establish the Sens of the Three Texts of Holy Scripture Pag. 72 CHAP. XIV The just Complaint of the Jews if this Doctrin be not tru Pag. 76 CHAP. XV. An Answer unto an Objection that would overthrow the Sens given of St. Matthew XXVIII 19. Pag. 79 CHAP. XVI An Answer unto an Objection that would undermine the Sens offered for Acts II. 39. Pag. 91 CHAP. XVII An Answer unto an Objection that would overturn the Sens delivered of 1 Cor. VII 14. Pag. 125 CHAP. XVIII An Account whence Infant-Baptism results Pag. 137 CHAP. XIX An Appeal unto the Reason of Mankind Pag. 140 CHAP. XX. The Conclusion Pag. 142 A Prayer used at the end of these Dicourses by way of Humble and Importunate Address unto the God of Truth sitting upon his Throne of Grace his Mercy-Seat the true Scheinah or Symbol of his Divine Presence to implore the Descent of the Heavenly Blessing upon this charitable and well-intended Design Pag. 145 CHAP. I. An Introduction to the Subject discoursed upon SEeing some Men of ill Principles and Separatists from our excellent Church have with an evil design set up a Meeting in this Parish as we may reasonably conjecture without breach of Charity I think it my most indispensible Duty to confirm and settle you in those necessary and fundamental Truths our Church holds by the clear Testimony of Holy Scripture and the evident Dictates of Reason that you may not be seduced into dangerous Errors by weak or cunning Men that lie in wait to deceive I have formerly made appear I hope to the satisfaction of unprejudiced because dis-interested Persons that the Place of Holy Scripture the Enemies of Infant-Baptism so much insist upon and boast of viz. St. Matth. xxviij 19. Go teach all Nations baptizing them is no more against the Comfortable and Christian Doctrine of Infant-Baptism than Gen. 1.1 In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth And now I will endeavour to prove That that Place of Holy Scripture if rightly understood is not only not against us but for us and against them And this I will attempt to evince and make appear by the Evidence of Reason and the Testimony of Divine Revelation CHAP. II. Some Rational Arguments for Infant-Baptism THE Argument I offer in short is plainly this which I will reduce into the form of a plain and proper Syllogism That Principle which hinders the Propagation of Christian Religion can be no Christian Doctrine But the denying Baptism to Infants hinders the Progress of the Christian Religion Therefore such a Principle can be no Christian Doctrine The Major all Christians even our Adversaries allow but the making out the Minor is the Difficulty for which

prohibited Baptism and in what Place or at what Time We appeal to all the Christian World if this be the sense as is most probable whether the Commission is in the least obscure or more obscurely published for Infants than for those that are adult can be no Exception because no particulars are named Three Thousand Converts are baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus Acts 2.38 41. Then Peter said unto them Repent and be baptized every one of you in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost Which no whit disagrees from the Command St. Matth. 28.19 Go you therefore and teach all Nations baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost For the Form of Baptism in those first days of the Holy Gospel of which the New Testament giveth the Story may be considered under a threefold Condition 1. St. John the Baptist baptized in the Name of Messiah or Christ that was then ready to come but that Jesus of Nazareth was he he himself knew not until he had run a great part of his Course And I knew him not St. Joh. 1.31 but that he should be made manifest unto Israel therefore am I come baptizing with water 2. The Holy Disciples baptized the Jews baptizing in the Name of Jesus for this reason because the great Point of Controversie then in the Nation about the Messiah was Whether Jesus of Nazareth were he or no All the Nations acknowledged a Messiah but most of them abominated that Jesus of Nazareth should be thought to be he therefore those that by the preaching of the Holy Gospel came to acknowledge him to be the Messiah were baptized in his Name as the Critical Badge the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or Characteristick Mark of their embracing the true Messiah 3. Among the Gentiles where that Question was not on foot they baptized in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost so that the baptizing in the Name of Jesus was but for a season for the setling of the Evidence of his being the Messiah And when that was throughly established then those Gifts ceased for ever It is said Acts 2.44 All that believed were together and had all things common The Children of those that believed must come under the Title of Believers too or they must famish which affords no weak Argument that the Parents Faith is imputed to the Child and if for the use of the Body why not for the service of the Soul by an Argument a minori ad majus from the lesser to the greater For this Community of Goods being for the relief of the Poor the Children Babes and Infants of believing Parents must be taken in under this Expression All that believe or else how did they for support If the Community of Goods reached them as well as their Parents the Title must reach them too The Community of Goods may be considered under these two Animadversions which because it may be useful I hope will not be thought too impertinent a Digression 1. That altho' Persecution as yet for the Holy Gospel had brought none to poverty for the Holy Gospel's sake for if they were poor before they received the Holy Gospel then the Synagogue of which they were provided for them but now they were destitute of that provision they having forsaken the Synagogue or at least the Synagogue them because of their forsaking their Judaism for the Evangelick Church that was now beginning to provide for her Poor it had not only the Synagogue for an Example but would have had it for a Reproach if they had neglected so needful a Duty which that took care for so conconstantly and tenderly 2. This having of all things common therefore was not an Extinction of Propriety and of Meum Tuum as if one rich Man should have as good interest in another rich Man's Estate as himself but it was intended mainly for the relief of the Poor not to bring any that had Estates to voluntary Poverty nor to level Estates as some Fanatick People among us the Fifth-monarchy-men whose Principle is Dominium fundatur in Gratia Power is founded in Grace and so the Saints must have the Riches and Rule the People of the World would perswade the World unto but to relieve those which stood in need for it is said Acts 2.45 that they sold their Possessions and Goods and parted them to all Men as every Man had need and again we are told they laid them down at the Holy Apostles Feet Acts 4.35 and distribution was made unto every Man according as he had need Distribution then I say was made to them that preached the Holy Word for their maintenance and to the Poor for their relief When a Master of a Family was baptized his Children were they never so young were baptized with him and hence the mention of the baptizing whole Housholds Acts. 16.15 And when she was baptized and her houshold she besought us saying If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord come into my house and abide there And again Acts 16.33 he took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes and was baptized straitway he and all his They that pleading against Infant-Baptism An Obj. do cavil That it may be there were no Infants in those Families that are mentioned bewray that they little understand the manner of administring Baptism in its first use and therefore to give satisfaction to such of the Antipedobaptists as start this Objection I answer answ The stress of the business lieth not in this Whether it can be proved that there were Infants in those Families where it is recorded whole Housholds were baptized but the truth of the Case is this That in all Families whatsoever were there never so many Infants they were all baptized when their Parents were baptized This was the constant Custom among the Jews for admitting of Proselites and the New Testament giveth so little evidence of the altering this Custom at those first Baptizings under the Holy Gospel that it plainly on the contrary shews the continuance of it when it speaks of the Holy Apostles baptizing whole Housholds CHAP. XVI An Answer to an Objection that would fore-undermine the Sense offered Acts 2.39 NOW that the Sense I have given of Acts 2.39 may be the better secured and confirmed I will endeavour to answer an Objection made against it A. R. in his Tract called The 2d Part of the Vanity and Childishness of Infant-Baptism which may be of some seeming strength until duly weighed and considered and then I hope it will appear to be of no great force and this I find to be started by an Ingenious Antipedobaptist a Man of some Learning And therefore that I may do the Party justice An Obj. I will state the Objection in his own